A 30-year-old man, Kelvin Israel, was on Thursday arraigned before a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for allegedly stealing an inverter battery worth N250,000.
The police charged Israel of Zoological Garden Area 1 Abuja, with theft.
Earlier, the prosecution Counsel, Mr Stanley Nwaforaku, informed the court that the complainant, Samuel Udoh of the same address, on Dec.14, 2023, reported the matter at Garki Police Station.
He said the defendant dishonestly and intentionally made away with the Garden’s inverter battery worth N250,000 without the consent of the owners.
According to him, the defendant could not give a satisfactory account of himself during the police investigation.
Nwaforaku said the offences contravened Section 289 of the Penal Code.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.
The Judge, Aliyu Kagarko, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N500,000 with one surety in like sum.
Kagarko ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and produce reliable means of identification and then adjourned the matter till Feb.16, for hearing.
